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SONIC GAIL · 05.10.2010, 09:28 AM

I was wandering around in borders with a 49% off coupon and came upon it. It was sticking out on the shelf in front of everything else. The only one. Thought I should finally get around to reading it. So far i love it.

batreleaser · 05.10.2010, 01:46 PM

"Giacomo Joyce", a post-humous published Joyce story. Fucking wierd and awesome.

space · 05.10.2010, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

I can't believe I've started reading this series:
I can't believe I've never read this series:*

*Delete as appropriate.

you really need to read all six books in the trilogy.

ni'k · 05.10.2010, 02:21 PM

after like a few pages of the first one i wanted to burn it for warmth

moppity · 05.10.2010, 08:48 PM

viewtiful alan redux · 05.10.2010, 09:47 PM

Just finished:

Now:

pbradley · 05.11.2010, 12:35 AM

I'm not reading it now but once I get some spending cash I want to finally read this:

Took a traveling Czech girl to remind me of it.

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 05.11.2010, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

what's the first one? it's broken. I'll read these, even if they don't apply to me probably.

The Ultimate History of Video Games

Count Mecha · 05.11.2010, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by space

Quote:
Originally Posted by Pookie
I can't believe I've started reading this series:
I can't believe I've never read this series:*

*Delete as appropriate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by space

you really need to read all six books in the trilogy.

You really don't. Just the first four books. The fourth one is barely worth reading, and that's only for the appropriate ending. Mostly Harmless is completely horrible and I don't even want to think about that new one. The only truly good books in that series are Hitchhiker's Guide and Restaurant At The End of the Universe.

pbradley · 05.11.2010, 01:19 AM

I read the first three in high school. I can scarcely remember some things but most of it I am drawing a blank.

Fun read at the time, though.

ni'k · 05.11.2010, 06:06 AM

man i hated it completely. it reminded me of the sort of thing these smug right wing physics teachers would find funny along with their stories about how drunk they get cos they're so fuckin edgey and their terry pratchet collection and their xboxes because they are such edgey nihilists yo but in shirts.

Pookie · 05.11.2010, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by space

you really need to read all six books in the trilogy.

I picked up the first three books in a charity shop (cost me £2 for the three!).

I've just started The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and so the story so far is very familiar to me because of the original radio series (I had the two LPs as well).

Pookie · 05.11.2010, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ni'k

man i hated it completely. it reminded me of the sort of thing these smug right wing physics teachers would find funny along with their stories about how drunk they get cos they're so fuckin edgey and their terry pratchet collection and their xboxes because they are such edgey nihilists yo but in shirts.

Those right wing physics teachers are the worst aren't they? My physics teacher was German! Blooming Nazi no doubt.

Count Mecha · 05.11.2010, 11:10 AM

Only read the prologue, no opinion yet. Loved the first two books though.

Everytime I'm taking a shit I read a few pages of this:

It's my second time reading it. It's alot funnier the second time. I never really appreciated the prose the first time.

Also I've been reading Lovecraft's short stories. The Nameless City was a really solid read. The Tomb was boring as all hell, really hard to get through.

Lastly I recently read this really cool short story by Arthur Conan Doyle called When The World Screamed. It's about these guys who drill down eight miles into the Earth to confirm a theory that the Earth is actually alive and sentient and we're all just chilling on it's back.

thindarkduke13 · 05.11.2010, 06:59 PM

Just finished Paul Austers New York Trilogy. It was pretty cool, but I was a bit underwhelmed.

me. · 05.11.2010, 08:06 PM

Cosmic Mirror - Haniya Yutaka

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 05.13.2010, 01:36 PM

And the Devil Will Drag You Under - Jack L Chalker

ni'k · 05.20.2010, 12:38 AM

some of the ideas on art are a bit "can't believe i paid £13 for that" but the early stuff on the evolution of fiction is worth it. i tried to scan all these and make pdfs but my scanner doesnt work. the ideas in this one will be very useful to anyone struggling to make art right now. certainly gave me a lot to think about, in fact i'd say it's actually given me the tools with which to get out of the creative rut i've been stuck in. wait for the paperback or the pdf tho.

have only skimmed these 2

this is an absolute classic. i urge everyone to buy this one. i was put off by one of his articles in an old semiotexte schizo culture issue (seems like it was 70's/80's) were he talked about the criminality of homosexuality and put across some questionable stuff that obviously came from a different era and seemed like more like a coping strategy with the oppression at the time than anything else. but this book is really really fantastic, his attack on freudo marxism and the stuff on love and frustration REALLY spoke to me.

!@#$%! · 05.20.2010, 12:49 AM

late night reading

it's fun-- i swear!

Lurker · 05.20.2010, 01:00 AM

Barry Green is one of my favourite authors.

05.10.2010, 09:28 AM	#2441
SONIC GAIL invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I moved from hillbilly Florida to hillbilly Alabama Posts: 3,723	I was wandering around in borders with a 49% off coupon and came upon it. It was sticking out on the shelf in front of everything else. The only one. Thought I should finally get around to reading it. So far i love it. __________________
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05.10.2010, 01:46 PM	#2442
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	"Giacomo Joyce", a post-humous published Joyce story. Fucking wierd and awesome. __________________ listen to pink reason
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05.10.2010, 02:21 PM	#2444
ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	after like a few pages of the first one i wanted to burn it for warmth
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05.10.2010, 08:48 PM	#2445
moppity little trouble girl Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Auckland, NZ Posts: 44
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viewtiful alan redux the destroyed room Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 563	Just finished: Now:
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05.11.2010, 12:35 AM	#2447
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I'm not reading it now but once I get some spending cash I want to finally read this: Took a traveling Czech girl to remind me of it.
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05.11.2010, 01:19 AM	#2450
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I read the first three in high school. I can scarcely remember some things but most of it I am drawing a blank. Fun read at the time, though.
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05.11.2010, 06:06 AM	#2451
ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	man i hated it completely. it reminded me of the sort of thing these smug right wing physics teachers would find funny along with their stories about how drunk they get cos they're so fuckin edgey and their terry pratchet collection and their xboxes because they are such edgey nihilists yo but in shirts.
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05.11.2010, 11:10 AM	#2454
Count Mecha 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ky Posts: 749	Only read the prologue, no opinion yet. Loved the first two books though. Everytime I'm taking a shit I read a few pages of this: It's my second time reading it. It's alot funnier the second time. I never really appreciated the prose the first time. Also I've been reading Lovecraft's short stories. The Nameless City was a really solid read. The Tomb was boring as all hell, really hard to get through. Lastly I recently read this really cool short story by Arthur Conan Doyle called When The World Screamed. It's about these guys who drill down eight miles into the Earth to confirm a theory that the Earth is actually alive and sentient and we're all just chilling on it's back. __________________
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05.11.2010, 06:59 PM	#2455
thindarkduke13 bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 147	Just finished Paul Austers New York Trilogy. It was pretty cool, but I was a bit underwhelmed. __________________ There is a Hand to turn the time, Though thy Glass today be run, Till the Light hath brought the Towers low Find the last poor Preterite one . . . Till the Riders sleep by ev'ry road, All through our crippl'd Zone, With a face in ev'ry Mountainside And a Soul in ev'ry stone Now Everybody -
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05.11.2010, 08:06 PM	#2456
me. stalker Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 400	Cosmic Mirror - Haniya Yutaka
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05.13.2010, 01:36 PM	#2457
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	And the Devil Will Drag You Under - Jack L Chalker
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05.20.2010, 12:38 AM	#2458
ni'k invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,360	some of the ideas on art are a bit "can't believe i paid £13 for that" but the early stuff on the evolution of fiction is worth it. i tried to scan all these and make pdfs but my scanner doesnt work. the ideas in this one will be very useful to anyone struggling to make art right now. certainly gave me a lot to think about, in fact i'd say it's actually given me the tools with which to get out of the creative rut i've been stuck in. wait for the paperback or the pdf tho. have only skimmed these 2 this is an absolute classic. i urge everyone to buy this one. i was put off by one of his articles in an old semiotexte schizo culture issue (seems like it was 70's/80's) were he talked about the criminality of homosexuality and put across some questionable stuff that obviously came from a different era and seemed like more like a coping strategy with the oppression at the time than anything else. but this book is really really fantastic, his attack on freudo marxism and the stuff on love and frustration REALLY spoke to me.
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05.20.2010, 12:49 AM	#2459
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,566	late night reading it's fun-- i swear!
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05.20.2010, 01:00 AM	#2460
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Barry Green is one of my favourite authors.
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